SECTIONAL Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

sectional

adjective

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Recent Examples of sectional This year’s sale is also ripe with small space-friendly gems like the Sanders Reversible sectional and Sven loveseat, both with handsome designs that can speak volumes in a living room of any size. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 27 Aug. 2026 The Governors no longer are grouped with Class 5A sectional nemesis Merrillville, which has ended each of their past three seasons. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 This modular set includes a spacious sectional sofa, a loveseat, and a matching wood-top coffee table. — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026 Unbeaten over its last 11 games going back to the sectional tournament, SVLL enters the LLWS having outscored opponents 84-8 over that span. — Dennis Pope, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sectional

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Videos broadcast by regional news outlets and posted on social media show violent torrents of water surging through valleys and mountain passes, tearing down bridges and dams and sweeping away buildings.

— Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Her many regional stage credits include Sugar Babies, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Annie Get Your Gun, Guys & Dolls, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, The Pajama Game, Miss Margarida’s Way and Nunsense.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of regional

Adjective

This is viewed as part of his decentralization agenda, aiming to transfer powers in areas such as skills training and select tax authorities from London to local combined authorities.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
In the movie, a local brothel — the Devil’s Playhouse — becomes the target of a TV preacher, forcing the town’s sheriff, who happens to be a frequent customer, to save it.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of local

Adjective

Whether any storms billow up over the area this weekend is hard to pinpoint, but the potential is there for localized drenching downpours.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Detecting a developing problem early can therefore be important for keeping the wider system available and preventing a localized fault from becoming a larger operational issue.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026

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